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Deaths on December 12

xxxx : Roman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies
1112 : Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies
1204 : Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69
1263 : Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies
1600 : John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies
1677 : Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle
1772 : Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41
1777 : Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69
1777 : Benjamin Russen, Rev, executed at Tyburn England for rape
1777 : Benjamin Russen, reverend, executed at Tyburn England for rape
1788 : Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88
1812 : John Malchair, composer, dies at 82
1836 : Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67
1843 : Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71
1872 : Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72
1877 : Jos‚ M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48
1880 : Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83
1889 : Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77
1912 : Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91
1914 : Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La
1920 : Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75
1920 : Paul Lacome, composer, dies at 82
1921 : Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies
1923 : Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20
1926 : Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77
1927 : Heinrich Reitsch, composer, dies at 67
1932 : Egon Richter, writer, dies
1933 : Theodore Moses Tobani, composer, dies at 78
1937 : Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57
1939 : Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 56
1946 : Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard & Helo‹se), dies at 67
1947 : J£lio A Peixoto, Brazilian writer (Fruta do Mato), dies at 70
1956 : Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83
1957 : Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35
1959 : Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 79
1961 : Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91
1962 : Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67
1964 : H I "Sailor" Young, cricketer (left-arm bowler Eng v Aust 1899), dies
1965 : Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67
1968 : Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
1968 : Walter Robins, cricketer (19 Tests for England 64 wkts), dies
1970 : Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82
1971 : David Sarnoff, US TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80
1971 : Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43
1971 : Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated
1971 : John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47
1976 : Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She), dies at 49
1977 : Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones, dies at 92
1978 : Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53
1978 : Fay Compton, actress (Othello), dies at 74
1985 : Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62
1985 : Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47
1987 : Louis de Meester, composer, dies at 83
1988 : John Canning, NY Post managing editor, dies at 56
1991 : Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93
1991 : Ken Keltner, US baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75
1991 : Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies
1992 : Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87
1992 : Jasu Patel, cricketer (29 wkts for India, best 9-69 v Aust), dies
1993 : Gerard "G‚" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90
1993 : Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop), dies of AIDS at 58
1993 : Jozsef Antall, historian/premier of Hungary (1990-93), dies at 61
1994 : Antoine Pinay, French PM (1952)/foreign minister, dies at 102
1994 : Donna J. Stone, poet, dies of heart failure at 61
1994 : Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83
1994 : John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68
1994 : Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46
1995 : Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at 48
1995 : David Lincoln Lightbown, politician, dies at 63
1995 : David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97
1995 : James Altgens, JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76
1995 : Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies
1995 : Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95
1995 : Mohyedin Alempour, tajik artist/journalist, dies at 50
1996 : Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70
1996 : Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81
1996 : Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer, dies at 91
1996 : Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at 77
1996 : Vance Oakley Packard, writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at 82

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